Authenticating

I have two basic requirements for games. They must run right out of the box and be playable even if tbe support services are no longer available. I think these requirements are fair. When considering that most books, movie DVDs, and music CDs meet these requirements and cost $20 or less, I feel I am entitled to expect them from a $50 videogame. This is especially true when that videogame requires a computer that costs over $1,000. Imagine my displeasure when I found out about the activation requirements for BioShock.

From my point of view, all activation does is promote and justify piracy. It’s all but guaranteed that when these activation servers are shut down for good, someone will pop up on a forum asking how to get by the activation so they can play again…and the only people with that answer will be hackers and pirates, I don t like the idea of having to do something illegal to get a game I bought legally to run.